Letter: Wather Authority pay hike is shocking

Why in the world is the Monroe County Water Authority executive director getting a pay raise (especially 7 percent) at this time? (Dec. 14 story)The county continually runs a huge deficit, the position getting the raise supposedly now has a deputy (Bill Carpenter) to help him, and the public at large are getting no raises or are being laid off.

The excuse is given that the raises are needed "to keep staff from being courted by other utilities." What a bunch of hooey! There are hundreds of eligible and qualified people that can do the jobs and would gladly do the jobs for less money.

This pay raise should be stopped. Start a new way of thinking in government that money is not always available to keep spending and spending and spending.